Main entry:

Kramer, Hilton.

Title & Author:

The triumph of modernism : the art world, 1987-2005 / Hilton Kramer.

Publication:

Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2006.

Description:

xiii, 368 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I: Modernism and abstraction -- Kandinsky and the birth of abstraction -- Mondrian and mysticism : "my long search is over" -- Art, revolution, and Kazimir Malevich -- Abstraction and utopia -- Abstraction in America : the first generation -- Was Rothko an abstract painter? -- Jackson Pollock and the New York school -- II: Modernism and its critics -- Clement Greenberg in the Forties -- Clement Greenberg and the Cold War -- T.J. Clark and the Marxist critique of modern painting -- Rembrandt as Warhol : Svetlana Alpers's "enterprise" -- III: Modernism and after -- Richard Serra at MOMA -- The death of Andy Warhol -- How good was Gauguin? -- John Szarkowski's "History of Photographic Pictures" -- Reflections on Matisse -- Philip Johnson's brilliant career -- Duchamp and his legacy -- Leger's modernism -- Bonnard and "the Stupidities" -- A gallery chronicle -- IV: Modernism and its institutions -- Modernism and its institutions -- Has success spoiled the art museum? -- Tate modern inside and out : the museum as culture mall -- The man who created MOMA -- Does abstract art have a future?

Summary:

"The great authority and historical undergirding of Hilton Kramer's art criticism are on abundant display in this first collection of his pieces to appear in twenty years. The essays and reviews in The Triumph of Modernism constitute a fever chart of the contemporary art scene, diagnosing the state of modernism and its vital legacy in the postmodern world."--Publisher's website.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1566637082 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781566637084 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781566637084

Subject:

Modernism (Art)
Art, Modern 20th century.
Art, Modern 21st century.
Art, Modern.
Modernisme (Art)
Art 20e siècle.
Art 21e siècle.
Modernism (konst)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252588
Call No.: BIB 181993
Status: Available